Pupils at Eton College will be put at risk of rising pollution by a planned
widening of the motorway that passes near the famous school, it was claimed
yesterday.
Campaigners fear that turning the hard shoulder of the M4 into a permanent
fourth lane will lead to more toxic fumes being released near the
£34,000-a-year boarding school. The Highways Agency’s own projections found
that nitrogen dioxide levels would rise at junction six of the motorway,
breaching European limits. The worse impacts will be felt at Brentford in
west London and close to Heathrow.
The conclus

Ed Miliband was last night forced to restate Labour’s support for Britain’s
nuclear deterrent after a survey indicated that a majority of the party’s
candidates opposed it.
The online survey claimed that 75 per cent of Labour candidates were against
renewing Trident.
A senior Labour aide urged caution, since the poll was commissioned by the
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the headline figure was based on
responses from only 12 per cent of Labour candidates.
After the survey’s release, a party spokesman said: “Labour is committed to a
minimum, credible, independe

The world’s first tidal lagoon power station could be approved in Swansea Bay
within months after the company behind it claimed the technology needed the
same subsidy as new nuclear reactors but without the risk from radiation.
Tidal Lagoon Power, which is holding discussions over the Swansea lagoon with
the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), published plans for a
second lagoon between Cardiff and Newport which would produce 10 times as
much electricity. Both projects would involve encircling a large area of sea
with walls extending from the coast and driving

Halogen light bulbs could be banned within four years under European
Commission plans for saving energy.
Millions of halogen bulbs are sold each year in Britain and half of all homes
still have them. The commission says they should be replaced by more
efficient compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs) or light emitting diodes (LEDs).
Some LEDs and CFLs do not work properly with dimmer switches and wiring
circuits used for halogen bulbs.
The commission wanted to ban halogen bulbs next year but it is working on a
compromise to wait until the end of 2018. The lighting industry is pu